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S KOIKE

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Significance of mitochondria for porphyrin and heme biosynthesis.

It is concluded that mitochondria are involved in three steps of porphyrin and heme biosynthesis-first, in the formation of delta-aminolevulinic acid from glycine and active succinate; second, in the synthesis of protoporphyrin; third, in the incorporation of iron into the porphyrin ring-that is, in heme formation.

Aminolevulinic Acid↗